No injuries reported in northwest Iowa derailment

No injuries have been reported in the derailment of a freight train in northwest Iowa.

Sioux City television station KCAU reports that more than a dozen cars left the tracks a little before 6:30 a.m. Thursday near Ritter. Officials say peanut oil and grain have spilled from some of the cars.

The cause of the derailment is being investigated.

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